I-129f petition, never received RFE and now we got denied

[InesD 2]

Do not give up or lose hope. Once understood this may not be a bad as you think right now. I know from experience how long it seems and how frustrating this is.

How long totally depends on the actions of the USC. If he is allowed to submit the RFE info it can take about 60 days to process that info. The USC could attempt to call USCIS asking for a supervisor. If he speaks to one they might have the RFE sent again but probably wont take any other action.

The USC should try to find out why the RFE wasn't delivered. Could be US post office made a mistake. He should make sure USPS has his info correct. The RFE may have been returned to USCIS for example.

If it turns out that USCIS made a mistake they will correct it and expedite the case.

My case took a long 408 days but that will have nothing to do with yours.

We certainly wont give up, it has been a long way to this point already and we are determined concerning our future together. We are just in a limbo here at the moment even though we know everything will always be sorted out somehow. The time is the big issue. And of course you are right : the main thing is to find out what happened to the RFE ? Strange is that we got all the other letters ( confirmation and now denial ) to the same postal adress which hasn't changed or anything and also both times a notification via text message first which we had required for. Only concerning the RFE we got nothing at all. Not even text message or email.

So you suggest to make an appointment with Infopass as well as calling USCIS and ask for a supervisor ?

And when you say your case took 408 days, do you mean from the day you initially send the I-129f ? Sorry for all the questions but since you had the same experience and I feel a bit desparate right now, I just would like to know. I know every case is different. Just sometimes think maybe better prepare for the worse and then be grateful when it goes faster ;-)

[InesD 2]

I would involve a Congress member in your district. I only find out that an RFE was issued to me through my Congresswoman. I was told that one was sent to me on Dec.13-2013 but I never ever got anything. So could have been a lie or a true story but the fact of the matter is you need to get somebody to help you. So please consider using congressional help. If it wasn't for the congresswoman I would have never knew at RFE and o could have been denied as well. Please try to keep pressure on them and I'm wishing you the best of luck.

thank you. silly question now : I keep reading here about congressman or senator involved but how do we know who would it be in our case ?

the denial letter was undersigned by the director of the Texas Service Center and underneath was a number of an officer. That's all.

[Ning 619]

I'm sorry for confusing you! I didn't mean to! Sorry for texting. I always asked and never got a response amd i didn't know it is against the rule to write that I'm afraid that we are getting in the same situation,..... IDK if we get a RFE or NOT! I don't even have a denial yet! We have nothing and by the way we filled with an immigration lawyer..... What doesn't gurantee that we don't get an RFE but it gave us a little help because I was getting refused entry in the US on june 30th, 2013! My at that time boyfrined and me had no intention of getting married, the problem was I stayed to short in Germany and wanted to come back in the US after 2 weeks..... I stayed 84 days there then 2 weeks in germany at my parents house and wanted to spend another two months with him then..... But like I said it was at no time the intention to immigrate or to work illegal in the US I just wanted to spend time with him and we didn't looked enough for information how long you have to stay outside the country before you can come back! We always saied in the beginning that we want to do everything on a LEGAL way with the visa and that we apply for a 129f and not getting just married there!!!

SORRY FOR POSTING, but I wanted to explain myself!

Keep in mind I am not a mod on this site so these are only my suggestions based on my understanding of what I see here.

I am only confused by your actions because they have zero to do with the O Ps problem. This is why I suggest you ask a mod to move your questions, problems and responses to your own thread.

Your problem seems to be your lack of info about your case which has taken longer than you think it should and your own level of confusion not mine.

Post anything you want but try to keep it about the real subject which is the O Ps situation with the missing RFE.

[moushoud 10]

thank you. silly question now : I keep reading here about congressman or senator involved but how do we know who would it be in our case ?

the denial letter was undersigned by the director of the Texas Service Center and underneath was a number of an officer. That's all.

It is by the zip code and the district where you live in. Just Google it and it is pretty much a simple process.

[InesD 2]

It is by the zip code and the district where you live in. Just Google it and it is pretty much a simple process.

ok, thank you !

[Trisha89 36]

Keep in mind I am not a mod on this site so these are only my suggestions based on my understanding of what I see here.

I am only confused by your actions because they have zero to do with the O Ps problem. This is why I suggest you ask a mod to move your questions, problems and responses to your own thread.

Your problem seems to be your lack of info about your case which has taken longer than you think it should and your own level of confusion not mine.

Post anything you want but try to keep it about the real subject which is the O Ps situation with the missing RFE.

By the way I think you talking about this here has nothing to do with the OP Problem either so,..............

But it's ok.... You are right, and I have my peace now.

Edited February 1, 2014 by Trisha89

[Ning 619]

We certainly wont give up, it has been a long way to this point already and we are determined concerning our future together. We are just in a limbo here at the moment even though we know everything will always be sorted out somehow. The time is the big issue. And of course you are right : the main thing is to find out what happened to the RFE ? Strange is that we got all the other letters ( confirmation and now denial ) to the same postal adress which hasn't changed or anything and also both times a notification via text message first which we had required for. Only concerning the RFE we got nothing at all. Not even text message or email.

So you suggest to make an appointment with Infopass as well as calling USCIS and ask for a supervisor ?

And when you say your case took 408 days, do you mean from the day you initially send the I-129f ? Sorry for all the questions but since you had the same experience and I feel a bit desparate right now, I just would like to know. I know every case is different. Just sometimes think maybe better prepare for the worse and then be grateful when it goes faster ;-)

Because the USC seems to have gotten other letters from USCIS at his address the problem may not be there. In my daughters case the most important doc from USCIS wasn't delivered for example. It was sent back. It took two months to get this fixed. When we went to sit down with USCIS they told us it will take at least 60 days longer to resend the doc. It arrived the next day. Why? We have no idea but suspect the USPS realized they still had it after we inquired at our local post office.

I would do anything and everything I could to discover what needs to be done. It costs nothing to make the appointment so he needs to do that now. Phoning may do no good but its worth a try due to the distances. From what I have seen they aren't much help with these things on the phone.

I did not have the same experience as you have. My case was a K 3 but it did contain an RFE that went missing ect. In addition I have helped quite a few other members with this very problem as have other members. Just don't overreact to people that are responding with good intentions but bad info. You need the best course of action that will have a positive affect on your case.

[Ning 619]

By the way I think you talking about this here has nothing to do with the OP Problem either so,..............

But it's ok.... You are right, and I have my peace now.

Its sad that you just don't get it but if you are at peace with your dim understanding that's all we can hope for. You just cant accept the fact that you are wrong.

[Trisha89 36]

Its sad that you just don't get it but if you are at peace with your dim understanding that's all we can hope for. You just cant accept the fact that you are wrong.

Uuuumgg *Kisses to you*! ;-) boss "man"

[Boggy1974 124]

Please let's be respectful to one another.

And I hope the OP listens to one(s) who have had the same RFE experience. I wish you the very best!

[nightingalejules 678]

Thank you for keeping fingers crossed for us and InesD thank you too!

We haven't got an RFE yet and we wrote two months ago the senator about our case and asked him for help... My fiance was in correspondance with his secretary vis E-Mail! Last week on Monday she wrote us finally somethig more that we are looking forward to:

She said USCIS has recived our case and it is actually getting processed!! And that we should hear something within the next 30 business days... BUT OH WELL! You know USCIS has their time ranches about 30 days and they tell almost everyone about these 30 days to wait before you hear something again,.... That's what they tell the most people and then they don't hear anythin fromthem again in a lot of cases?!?

I'm so disappointed of the uscis you can't imagine! My fiance an me we are both 24, have never been married before both!! Amd both NO KIDS or criminal background I can't understand the world anymore... I can't even really believe the update they told the secretary of the senator until I finally some results! Because the wait is already so long and we talked several times to TIER 2 on their phone and just got to hear that they have passed our noa1 date and we could ask for a service request (which we did!) but no response it is one week since service request...

Hi Tricia - I don't know if anybody else has said this, but if you go onto the USCIS website, you can check the status of your case online. On the off chance you have an RFE that you haven't gotten a message about, it would say in your status that they were waiting for a response to an RFE. Don't trust that you will be notified, since apparently the notifications don't always work. But it should tell you in your status. If it doesn't say that, but just says "Initial Review", then at least you don't have to worry about that!

[sam444 0]

I know a person tha happened almost the same than you, after uscis denied her case bec they didnt receive the proof, they reopened the case now she is aproved, make de info pass, is the option that you have. Tell them you never receive the rfe, other thing she did was to call and to explain the situation

[InesD 2]

Please let's be respectful to one another.

And I hope the OP listens to one(s) who have had the same RFE experience. I wish you the very best!

Yes please. No need to get into an argument here.

I am listening to everyone but of course will follow more likely the advice of the one(s) with similar experience. Based on that I am doing my research and as Ning suggested : we will do EVERYTHING necessary to sort this out. I will update the outcome here, maybe as help as well for others in the future with the same problem. I am very thankful that a forum like this excists and about how many people want to help. Thank you again EVERYONE for your replies :-)

[Boggy1974 124]

Yes please. No need to get into an argument here.

I am listening to everyone but of course will follow more likely the advice of the one(s) with similar experience. Based on that I am doing my research and as Ning suggested : we will do EVERYTHING necessary to sort this out. I will update the outcome here, maybe as help as well for others in the future with the same problem. I am very thankful that a forum like this excists and about how many people want to help. Thank you again EVERYONE for your replies :-)

Please do keep us updated.

[InesD 2]

Please do keep us updated.

so, here is a first little update. we followed the advice to use Infopass in order to make an appointment and my fiance got one on Feb.15th in Atlanta. Long way to Atlanta but it seems to be the only really helpful option. Also did he call Service Center this morning, spoke to a lady, made notes of her name, number, date, time, duration of conversation ( which wasn't helpful at all as a few in this forum already mentioned ;-) )

to get through to a Tier 2 officer he would have to wait 87 minutes ( what is it with this number in our case ? that was the amount of days given to us to respond to the never received RFE ) , so he asked to be called back. If they ever will .......... we also saw on USCIS website the option ( under contact us ) to contact an ombudsman. Maybe this will be another step. My fiance ( the USC ) as well wrote an email with all our details and dates of what happened when .....only we couldn't find where exactly to send it in our case.

So please fingers crossed that the meeting with an officer in Atlanta will be of help

thank you ! and thank you again all for the Infopass advice